Klaas de Vries

Klaas de Vries is a partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek. As a corporate/M&A specialist, Klaas is the trusted adviser to a number of listed companies, large multinationals and private equity firms on a wide range of issues, including public and private M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate law, corporate governance and listing rules in the Netherlands and abroad.

Klaas has considerable experience in cross-border M&A, assisting clients in their transactions outside their home country.

Klaas’s recent work includes advising:

• HAL Investments on the sale of AudioNova to Sonova
• Takeaway.com on its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam
• Grontmij on the recommended public offer by Sweco
• HAL Investments on its acquisition of Deli Building Supplies
• Royal KPN on its acquisition of cloud services provider IS Group
• RELX on a number of divestments including various publishing activities and Royal PBNA
• Klépierre on the recommended public exchange offer for Corio
• Royal Ahold Delhaize on the acquisition of SPAR’s Czech business
• Royal Ahold Delhaize on the divestment of its Slovakian activities
• Egeria on the sale of NRC Media to Mediahuis
• Royal Ahold Delhaize on its acquisition of online retailer Bol.com